Religions
January 28, 2026
Ruda Lin
Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴, the reviver of the Japanese Rinzai school 臨濟宗, introduced Chinese Daoist cosmology and views on the body through the narrative persona of the immortal Hakuyūshi 白幽子 in works such as Yasen Kanna 夜船閑話 (Chats on a Night Boat). He elaborated on specific techniques of Daoist internal alchemy (nèidān 內丹), such as focusing the mind on the dāntián 丹田 (elixir field) and regulating the...
Frontiers in Psychology
January 22, 2026
Background: Meditation- and music-based interventions have been associated with cognitive and socio-emotional benefits. However, empirical research examining how classical music meditation informed by Buddhist mindfulness theory relates to metacognitive awareness and empathy remains limited. Objective: The present study examined whether participation in a classical music meditation program was...
January 15, 2026
Xiongwei Li
Abstract This paper begins with humanity's universal quest for ultimate truth and proposes four core criteria for its identification: logical consistency, practical verifiability, explanatory transcendence, and existential eternity. Using these criteria, it systematically examines the contributions and inherent limitations of theistic belief, modern science, and philosophical speculation in...
Humans
January 14, 2026
Federico Divino
This article examines the cognitive theory expressed in early Buddhist Pāli sources by situating their analyses of perception, language, and meditative experience within a psychosemiotic framework. It argues that Buddhist thinkers conceived cognition as a stratified process emerging from the dynamic interaction between sensory and effectual domains, culminating in the semiotic determinations of...
Philosophies
January 12, 2026
Federico Divino
This paper aims to provide an in-depth and detailed overview of the relationship between language and cognition in Pāli Buddhist texts. These reflections will touch on several fundamental themes, such as the role of signs in structuring cognitive processes and semiosis as a force linked to the proliferation of concepts and percepts, whose organization underlies the constitution of a shared and...
Asian Studies
January 10, 2026
Eric S. Nelson
Eduard von Hartmann was one of the most influential public philosophers of his era, known primarily through his Philosophy of the Unconscious. A conservative nationalist in politics, he positioned himself as a cultural and religious reformer and modernist advocate of a “religion of the future” of self-redemption (autosoterism), one that reconciled pessimism and a panpneumatic impersonal...
Pushkin Leningrad State University Journal
2026
D.A. Balovnev
Introduction. This article analyzes the anthropological aspects of the teachings of the G. I. Gurdjieff and the Russian philosopher P. D. Ouspensky. Specifically, it examines the fundamental theses of both thinkers' about of human in comparison with similar concepts in Buddhism. Content. Analyzes the meaning of the central thesis in the anthropology of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky:...
Image & Text
2026
Nathani Lüneburg
This article examines Tee Yod (Death Whisperer, 2023), a Thai horror film directed by Taweewat Watanawat, through the lens of Buddhist psychology of trauma. Departing from the conventions of the Nang Phi genre, Tee Yod reinterprets the ghost as a metaphor for intergenerational suffering and psychological distress within a Buddhist cosmological and moral framework. Drawing on Theravāda Buddhist...
Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
2026
Chloe Wells, William van Gordon, Paul Barrows
3 citations
Mindfulness-based interventions are gaining recognition as effective therapeutic tools for psychological distress in oncology. However, the widespread adoption of mindfulness in Western clinical contexts has raised ethical and philosophical concerns, particularly regarding the Westernisation and cultural appropriation of Buddhist wisdom. This paper examines the ethical implications of employing...
Journal of Humanities and Education Development
2026
Dorji Phuntsho
This study examines the concept of Nirvana in Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism through a qualitative comparative and interpretive approach. Using selected canonical and commentarial texts, including the Majjhima Nikaya, the Heart Sutra, and the Bardo Thodol, the paper analyzes how each tradition understands liberation, suffering, and ultimate reality. The findings indicate that...